PeterReborn wrote:Lolest! wrote:Swenani wrote:Elephant Man wrote:Managed to file for a colleague last Wednesday. His only income is from employment and tax is paid via PAYE etc.
This morning he has received two notifications - one an e-Return Acknowledgement Slip showing that no tax is due and another notification called a Payment Defaulter Notice saying he owes KRA 63k for the year 2014! (which he has been given 30 days to pay or collection enforcement measures will ensue). Any other horror stories?
How is that possible?which year were you filing for?
When you clicked validate on the last sheet, did it show you a positive figure? That is the amount due to them(tax due-tax paid). Mine also has a positive figure
I have just filed my returns.Amount due was zero but they have sent me a defaulter notice of 500K.WTF?
They call it "self assessed income tax" that is why according to you tax due is zero.
Now whether your employer has been remitting your tax is a different story.
The first notification is an acknowledgement that you have filed self assessed returns succesfully. It is a sumnary of what you uploaded. Meaning you can never be fined for not making returns for that year.
The default notice is the difference between what the KRA guys have in their system and what they expect from your declared annual income (hint).
That default notice is not a cause for worry though if you are employed. It does not mean you havent paid your tax dues. It shows there are discrepancies in the records. Have your P9 form ready duly signed from the employer and sit tight.
On expiry of that given period expect an invite to meet the taxmen or maybe taxladies, your P9 ready at hand.
Now if your income is not from 'formal' employment (haujahajiriwa- umejihajiri), hope you kept your tax remittance receipts well.
Finally, if you have paid more tax than was due, the invite should be on the way too to verify that you did pay in excess & to confirm your bank details for a refund.
Swali nyeti ni, how fast are the refunds processed? 30 days like the default? Anyone with experience to share.
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